MATTOON -- Guest speaker Robert Sterling discussed 19th century soldier and abolitionist Cassius ... Lion of White Hall." Clay, who was the son of a Revolutionary War general, graduated from ...

So who was the original Cassius Clay? The simple answer is that he was a prominent abolitionist politician in the mid-1800s. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and was appointed ...

Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay, emerged from humble beginnings ... to not only excel in the ring but also to advocate for civil rights. In 1964, Ali shook the world when he defeated ...

For Ali, the name Cassius Clay was a name associated with the slave ... Lewis was taken to the US in 1860. When the Civil War ended in 1865, Lewis became a free man. Lewis spent much of his ...

How the sports legend and civil rights icon made decisions throughout his career to leave a lasting impact on the world. Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr, rose from a poor family in ...